Austria Austria launches probe into alleged postal vote irregularities Allegations of fraud arose from the far-right Freedom party of defeated candidate Norbert Hofer, after the Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen just scrapped ahead with 31,000 votes when the posta 26/05/2016
Austria Far-right Hofer set for victory in tight Austrian election Polls are open in the second round of voting in Austria's presidential election. 22/05/2016
Austria Austrian elections: Van der Bellen, 'the gentle candidate' For many Austrians, he was their last hope of preventing the country from lurching to the extreme right. 20/05/2016
Austria Norbert Hofer the "friendly face" of Austria's far-right Freedom Party Norbert Hofer is according to some descriptions the “friendly face” of the far-right Freedom Party. 20/05/2016
Austria Austria on a far-right path Austria’s presidential election second-round runoff takes place on Sunday (May 22). 19/05/2016
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic: Danilo Medina poised to win second term, partial results suggest Danilo Medina appears poised to win the first round of the Dominican Republic’s presidential election. The incumbent was on 62 percent after the 16/05/2016
USA Trump seeks Republican leaders support To endorse or not endorse? That’s likely to be a question uppermost on many Republican party leaders minds, when Donald Trump heads to Capitol Hill 12/05/2016
Philippines Rodrigo Duterte claims victory as Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, a controversial mayor, accused of having links to death squads and vigilante killers, has claimed victory as president of the 10/05/2016
Kenya Kenyan police fire tear gas at protesters calling for electoral body to resign With 15 months until elections, opposition supporters had been staging a sit-in along the highway outside the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Nairobi, who they accuse 09/05/2016
Philippines Outspoken mayor Duterte leads Philippines presidential vote in early count Mayor of Davao city, Rodrigo Duterte was leading with more than 10 million votes, with three-quarters of the precincts counted. 09/05/2016
Philippines Presidential vote underway in the Philippines The election campaign exposed widespread disgust with the Southeast Asian country's governing elite. There is widespread poverty and inequality despite years of robust economic growth. 09/05/2016
USA Presidential hopefuls Trump and Clinton shape up as they head for the November 8 showdown With each vote it becomes more clear – the battle for the US presidency looks like being between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Both the 03/05/2016
Austria Austria: An outsider for president? Sunday is election day in Austria and for the first time a candidate from outside one of the two main parties, that have dominated post-war politics 24/04/2016
Liberia Africanews exclusive: George Weah will run again for Liberia’s presidency George Weah, the only African footballer to win FIFA’s World Player of the Year award, will make a second bid to become president of Liberia, he told 22/04/2016